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Autostart on CD

How do I create an autostart program to launch another app when a CD is placed in the CD drive - also, how to debug such a program???
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B.T.W if you want have a look on your pc at different inf files and you'll see you can add loads of other info about your app
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if you have any cd's that autoplay stick one in and have a look at it in explorer ,you'll see a file called autorun.inf in the cd's main directry no doubt,open it in notepad and you'll see what were on about ,hope we got it right for ya
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this is E-E .. glad to help.

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Given the relative simplicity of the problem - I may have been over-generous on the points though<g>.
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